ALARMING STATISTICS ON SOMALILAND/PUNTLAND.
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:58 pm
In the second half of the 2005 the average per capita income in Somaliland, when measured in terms of current prices and official exchange rates, was $0.72 a day and the average per capita consumption was $0.57 a day. This implies that on average there was only $0.15 a day per person to spend on private capital formation, public investment in infrastructure, and the running of vital public services, including health, education, administration, and law and order. In 2005, 90% of the population aged between 15 and 24 was illiterate in this poor region
Somaliland had the most infant mortality rates and the lowest average life expectancy of any region in Somalia. 80 percent of the region’s 2.5 million people are either dead or living refugee in England or any other place they found refuge
A baby girl born in Puntland can expect to live to 85 years of age, have sufficient food, vaccinations and a good education. On average she will have $550 spent on medication per year for her needs, with more available if necessary. In other hand, If she were born in Somaliland she would have a life expectancy of just 26 years, not be immunized, be undernourished and if she survived childhood would marry as a teenager and give birth to six children. Childbirth would represent a high risk to her. One or more of her children would die in infancy. She could expect only $3 a year to be spent on medication.
Life expectancy has increased in Somalia by almost 20 years over the last half century. In 1950-1955 it was 46.5 years and in 1960-1990 it was 65.2 years. But this overall rise masks a terrible decline in life expectancy in Somaliland
Somaliland had the most infant mortality rates and the lowest average life expectancy of any region in Somalia. 80 percent of the region’s 2.5 million people are either dead or living refugee in England or any other place they found refuge
A baby girl born in Puntland can expect to live to 85 years of age, have sufficient food, vaccinations and a good education. On average she will have $550 spent on medication per year for her needs, with more available if necessary. In other hand, If she were born in Somaliland she would have a life expectancy of just 26 years, not be immunized, be undernourished and if she survived childhood would marry as a teenager and give birth to six children. Childbirth would represent a high risk to her. One or more of her children would die in infancy. She could expect only $3 a year to be spent on medication.
Life expectancy has increased in Somalia by almost 20 years over the last half century. In 1950-1955 it was 46.5 years and in 1960-1990 it was 65.2 years. But this overall rise masks a terrible decline in life expectancy in Somaliland
